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2011 Playoffs, Round 1, Game 2: Memphis 87, San Antonio 93 / Series Tied 1-1 The big storyline coming into Game 2 was the return of Manu Ginobili. Would his elbow be OK? How much would he be able to give us? Would he keep his elbow out of harm’s way? That last question was answered pretty quickly and emphatically. Early in the game he went and grabbed an offensive…

2011 Playoffs, Round 1, Game 1: Memphis 101, San Antonio 98 / Memphis leads 1-0 That was an ugly game. And I’m not just saying that because the Spurs lost. It was just a plain old ugly game. The teams combined for 60 fouls and 80 free throws. That’s about a foul every 48 seconds of game time. This obviously creates a very choppy, slow game. It felt like the…

2011 Playoffs, 1st Round: Memphis Grizzlies vs. San Antonio Spurs Be careful what you wish for, Memphis Grizzlies. Most people believe that the Grizzlies tanked the final 2 games of the regular season to slide into the 8-seed. This was most likely to avoid the Lakers, which is totally reasonable. (The Grizzlies might have additional reason to avoid the Lakers, to avoid all the reminders of the Pau Gasol fleecing.)…

The bad news is that Manu Ginobili, the Spurs leading scorer this season (1393 points in 80 games), is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s Game One against the Memphis Grizzlies. The good news is that an MRI taken of Manu’s right elbow revealed it is only a sprain and he is already recovering. If I know Manu, he’ll want to play. If I know Pop, he won’t let him. Ok,…

San Antonio 93, Los Angeles Lakers 102 // 61-20 // 1st in the West By the final tally, we lost the game. In almost every other regard, it was a winning night for the Spurs. Despite Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, and McDyess all sitting out (Pop must be reading the blog, as he is doing exactly what I called for last week), the Spurs “JV” team hung with the Los Angeles…

With the #1 seed locked up in the Western Conference, our thoughts now turn to securing the overall #1 seed, and finishing the regular season with the best overall record. The Magic Number for this to happen is 3, meaning any combination of Spurs’ wins and Bulls’ losses equaling 3 will secure the top spot. The question is: how hard should we go for it? Bart Herridge over at Spurs…

San Antonio 97, Atlanta 90 // 59-19 // 1st in the West Sacramento 92, San Antonio 124 // 60-19 // 1st in the West Two more games, two more wins. Ship righted-ish. If there’s anything to take away from either game, it’s that we can still execute down the stretch of close games, and that we can still kick inferior team’s collective asses. In the Atlanta game, it was nice…

Boston 107, San Antonio 97 // 57-18 // 1st in the West The first quarter of this game showed the very best of the Spurs offense. Parker was penetrating at will, collapsing the defense, opening up wide open shots or getting easy lay-ups for himself. McDyess and Duncan were active on the interior, gobbling up offensive rebounds, showing deft interior passing, and generally having their way. The 3-point shooting was…

Portland 100, San Antonio 92 // 57-17 // 1st in the West That was my favorite loss of the year. Maybe ever. Hell, it was one of my favorite games of the year despite the loss. It was great to see the role players step up and play fiercely and compete their asses off. Each player was asked to do just a little more than usual, and each delivered. It…

San Antonio 104, Memphis 111 // 57-16 // 1st in the West Third verse? See here and here for discussion of our faltering execution down the stretch of close games. I don’t want to have a third discussion about how we gave another game away down the stretch of close games. Rather, I’d like to talk about the fear of facing the Grizzlies in the first round, which is what…